Desactivate Outlook in Office 365

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Hi, I remember back in the days that it was possible to disable outlook only from office 2007-2010 in the add/ remove programs. Now, I have outlook 365 installed on a machine and I want to disable it so when users log on the computer they can't open outlook which loads the email and take space on the hard disk. Instead they will use office.com to see their e-mails. Excel, words and skype still need to work. I tried renaming the file ''outlook.exe'' in program files, but still outlook can be open from the main menu. Any solutions on how to disable Outlook in office 365? or impossible since it's a bundle. thanks in advance

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You can push office to your client from a local source and customize the installation with an xml file you configure
Office deployment tool:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/deploy-office-365-proplus-from-a-local-source

Hi, yes it worked! I used ODT to install office and added the line:  <ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" /> in the config file.

 

Here is my config file:

 

<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32" Branch="Current">
<Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
<Language ID="MatchOS" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Outlook" />
</Product>
</Add>
<!-- <Updates Enabled="TRUE" UpdatePath="\\Server\Share\" /> -->
<!-- <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> -->
<!-- <Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" /> -->
</Configuration>

 

Great to hear!! Glad I could help :)

Adam